Bistorta vacciniifolia
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Bistorta |
Species: | B. vacciniifolia
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Bistorta vacciniifolia | |
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Bistorta vacciniifolia, the whortleberry-leaved knotweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Tibet and the Himalaya.[1] Well-suited for clay soils, as its synonym Persicaria vacciniifolia it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Bistorta vacciniifolia (Wall. ex Meisn.) Greene". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Clay soils: plants for". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Persicaria vacciniifolia whortleberry-leaved knotweed". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
Categories:
- Bistorta
- Flora of East Himalaya
- Flora of Nepal
- Flora of West Himalaya
- Flora of Tibet
- Plants described in 1904
- Polygonaceae stubs